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Religion & beliefs

Paperback. Brings together the important selections from the volumes on Buddhism, India, China, Tibet, and Japan to give an overview of how religions have been lived by both ordinary and extraordinary people throughout the continent of Asia. This work offers a look at the spectrum of religious practices in Asia over almost three millennia. Editor(s): Lopez, Donald S. Series: Princeton Readings in Religions. Num Pages: 752 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HRAC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
752
Condition
New
Edition
Paperback Octavo
SKU
V9780691090610
ISBN
9780691090610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.84
€ 50.98

Hardback. A narrative of the famous Massachusetts disputes of the late 1630s misleadingly labeled the "antinomian controversy" by later historians. It recasts these interlocked religious and political struggles as a complex interaction of personalities and personal agendas and as a succession of short-term events with cumulative results. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; HBLH; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780691089430
ISBN
9780691089430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.52
€ 64.06

Hardback. Argues that the impact of technology-enhanced mass death in the twentieth century has affected the future shape of religious thought. This book shows how key Jewish theologians faced the memory of Auschwitz by rejecting traditional theodicy, abandoning any attempt to justify and vindicate the relationship between God and catastrophic suffering. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HRJ; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780691059419
ISBN
9780691059419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.45
€ 82.87

Paperback. Provides a view of medieval and early modern Jewish ritual and religious practice. Including such diverse texts as ritual manuals, legal codes, mystical books, autobiographical writings, folk literature, and liturgical poetry, this book testifies to the enormous variety of practices that characterized Judaism between 600 and 1800 CE. Editor(s): Fine, Lawrence. Series: Princeton Readings in Religions. Num Pages: 560 pages, 10 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HRJ; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 35. Weight in Grams: 872.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691057873
ISBN
9780691057873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.94
€ 46.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HRA; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691049649
ISBN
9780691049649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

Hardback. Contains the last of seven works signed by the author. This book covers three of his discourses - 'On the Occasion of a Confession', 'On the Occasion of a Wedding' and 'At a Graveside'. 'On the Occasion of a Confession' centers on stillness, wonder, and one's search for God - in contrast to the speechmaking on erotic love in 'In Vino Veritas'. Editor(s): Gibbs, Robert; Hong, Edna H. Translator(s): Gibbs, Robert; Hong, Edna H. Series: Kierkegaard's Writings. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DNF; DSBF; HPCF3; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780691033006
ISBN
9780691033006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.10
€ 105.41

Paperback. Why would a country strongly influenced by Buddhism's reverence for life allow legalized, widely used abortion? This title examines abortion as a window on the culture and ethics of Japan. Num Pages: 275 pages, 12 b&w photos 3 graphs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRE; JFC; JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691029658
ISBN
9780691029658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.82

Paperback. Drawing upon a wide range of women's sources - memoirs, letters, essays, journalistic articles, fiction, treatises, and extensive oral histories - this title shows how Egyptian women assumed agency and in so doing subverted and refigured the conventional patriarchal order. Series: Princeton Paperbacks. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; HBLW; HRH; JFFK; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691026053
ISBN
9780691026053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.05
€ 42.15

paperback. Discusses the scriptures of the three faiths in various contexts, exegetical and legal. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691020549
ISBN
9780691020549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.94
€ 46.48

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press Princeton N J
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691020488
ISBN
9780691020488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Johannes Climacus does what we are told to do - he actually doubts everything - he suffers through all the pain of doing that, becomes cunning, almost acquires a bad conscience. When he has gone as far in that direction as he can go and wants to come back, he cannot do so.. Editor(s): Hong, Edna H.; Hong, Howard V. Series: Kierkegaard's Writings. Num Pages: 400 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press New Jersey
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691020365
ISBN
9780691020365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. Includes essays by Ernesto Buonaiuti, Friedrich Dessauer, C G Jung, Werner Kaegi, C Kerenyi, Paul Masson-Oursel, Fritz Meier, Adolf Portmann, Max Pulver, Hugo Rahner, Erwin Schrodinger, and Walter Wili. Editor(s): Campbell, Joseph. Series: Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Num Pages: 498 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691018416
ISBN
9780691018416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.94
€ 46.57

Paperback. Offers a reassessment of the 'consumer rites' that social critics have decried. This book discusses how holiday celebrations were almost banished by Puritans and religious reformers but went on to be romanticized and reinvented in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It offers a cultural history of the commercialization of American holidays. Num Pages: 384 pages, 101 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRA; HRLF; JFC; JHBS; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691017211
ISBN
9780691017211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.05
€ 42.11

Paperback. To mark the eightieth anniversary of "The Index of Christian Art", this two-part volume focuses on the Index's twin strengths: iconography and methodology. The contributors include Adelaide Bennett, Hans Brandhorst, James D'Emilio, Gerda Duifjes-Vellekoop, John Fleming, Jaroslav Folda, Giovanni Freni, Cynthia Hahn, Debra Hassig, and others. Editor(s): Hourihane, Colum. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 342 pages, 4 color photos 175 halftones. BIC Classification: 3H; ACK; AGR; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691010038
ISBN
9780691010038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Explores the brighter side of eternity: heaven. Dispensing with the images of goodness that can make even heaven seem unbearable, this book stimulates our imagination with a history of how the joy of paradise has been conceived by writers, philosophers, and artists for whom heaven was an imminent reality. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691006840
ISBN
9780691006840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.95

paperback. Analyzes Indian receptivity to the right-wing Hindu nationalist party and its political wing, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to create a polity based on "ancient" Hindu culture. This book offers insights into Indian politics and focuses on the links between democracy and ethnic majoritarianism. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JPFM; JPFN; JPHV; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691006710
ISBN
9780691006710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.05
€ 42.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674773059
ISBN
9780674773059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.67

Hardback. Series: M.East Asian Study. Num Pages: 592 pages, 77 halftones, 5 diagrams, 4 tables, 2 maps, 2 endpaper maps. BIC Classification: HRAX; HREC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1180.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1967
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674697003
ISBN
9780674697003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.08
€ 141.36

Hardback. Series: Belknap Press S. Num Pages: 1030 pages, 9 halftones, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 67. Weight in Grams: 1788.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Library ed
Number of pages
1030
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674632059
ISBN
9780674632059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 327.23

Hardcover. A study of natural science and religion in 19th-century German-speaking Europe. German theologians paid little attention to natural science and eschewed philosophically popular yet naive versions of natural theology. Gregory examines the implications and extent of this "loss of nature". Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HRAB; HRCM; HRLB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674604834
ISBN
9780674604834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.10

Hardback. Explores the modern recategorization of religious practices and people and examines how state power affected the religious lives and physical order of local communities. This book looks at how politicians conceived of their own ritual role in an era when authority was meant to derive from popular sovereignty. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 11 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HRA; JFSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 868.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035997
ISBN
9780674035997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.12

Hardback. Throughout Chinese history, mountains have been integral components of the religious landscape. This book demonstrates the value of local studies and the field of Buddho-Daoist studies in research on Chinese religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRE; HRKN5. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 943.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674033320
ISBN
9780674033320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.12

Paperback. What is a Greek priest? This volume, which has its origins in a symposium held at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC, focuses on the question through a variety of lenses: the visual representation of cult personnel, priests as ritual experts, variations of priesthood, concepts and their transformation, and the role of manteis. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 250 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674027879
ISBN
9780674027879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.52

hardcover. Editor(s): Witzel, Michael. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 330 pages, 38 colour plates, 39 halftones & 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSBB; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 24. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Edition
Critical
SKU
V9780674018068
ISBN
9780674018068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.93

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